Excerpts from Asinamali. Onstage at the Market Theatre. Johannesburg

South African Theatre.
Asinamali. Mbongeni Ngema.
Market Theatre.
A show of immense vitality, sadness and humour, makes for compelling theatre, mingling exhilarating dance and mime with hypnotic choral singing.

Written by Mbongeni Ngema, this is a tale of five black prisoners brought together in a South African prison. Each of these men have a story, as one gleefully tells of his affair with his white master`s wife; another lustily acts out the life of his hero, an urban con-man. Others tell of their frustrating, humiliating search for work permits. Others speak of their involvement with Dube`s movement, yet all spit out their contempt for the police informers who contributed to his death.
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